I've never deer hunted on a WMA but have turkey hunted several states on public land. My hats off to anyone who toughs it out on WMA's every year and actually tries to do it right!

Several years ago a friend and I were standing outside our truck in Mo. listening for that first gobble of the morning. We heard a truck coming and as it got to us it stopped and sat there a minute then spins off to the next road. Shortly after they had gone a turkey gobbled REALLY close to the road. He wasn't a hundred yards off the main road and had to be roosted within sight of the trail going into the woods. We circled off the trail and got behind him knowing he was a public land high pressure bird. Well about the time we get set up on him we hear the truck from earlier crank back up and come flying up the road again. The guy drives past our truck again and stops at the next road past us but this time he gets out blowing a REALLY LOUD crow call. I told my friend "See! This is why we circled him to set up!" The turkey is gobbling at everything moving so I was content just waiting for him to fly down before calling. After 20 minutes or so we hear the truck fire up again and here they come back. At this point I'm getting pretty aggravated but am hoping they'll actually run the turkey right over my buddy! This time when they get to our truck they stop again and we hear them slam both truck doors then blow the crow call again! The bird gobbled at them and they actually walk in past our truck blowing the loudest, highest pitch imaginable on that crow call! They walk right under the turkey and send him sailing across the hollow to the next county I believe. Well now I'm way past aggravated! I'm pissed! I jump up and head to the trail trying to cut them off so we could discuss manners but by the time I get to the trail that goes back out to the main road we can hear a truck coming up the trail(a walk in only trail)from behind us and it sounds like it's tearing hell apart getting to us! So up pulls a local and as he jumps out of the truck cussing up a storm at us for scaring off HIS turkey we hear the other truck spin off again and blow the horn twice! The local looks confused at us then and asked if we were the ones blowing the crow call and I told him I hadn't made a sound of any kind all morning! Then he goes into another cussing fit wanting to go run the other truck down but I explain to him there's a locked gate between his truck and the other so he offers us a ride out and when we refuse he spins off headed back the way he came! I looked at my friend asked him if it was really worth all the trouble! It only took us 20 minutes to pack our bags and check out the hotel we were in and be on the road back to Bama!